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The Lily, also known as The Lily Dutch Windmill, is a tower mill located near the towns of Amelup and Borden in the Great Southern region of Western Australia.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Borden, WA )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Icons )〕 It is Australia's only working traditional windmill.〔〔 The Lily is a 16th century Dutch design windmill of brick construction with diameter sails.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=The Lily Dutch Windmill – Stirling Range )〕 It was built by Dutch born Pleun Hitzert between 1991 and 1997. The Lily is a flour mill equipped with one set of millstones. It is the only working windmill of traditional construction on mainland Australia. Its uniqueness in the Australian landscape combined with the proximity of the Stirling Range has made The Lily a popular tourist landmark.〔〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=The Lily Windmill Cafe )〕 == Design == The design of The Lily is inspired by several windmills from the Netherlands but most notably by that of De Lelie (Dutch for "The Lily") located in Puttershoek. The tapering brick tower of The Lily is five storeys high and is of circular cross section. The tower measures in excess of from the base of the footing to the cap bearing plate. The wall thickness varies between and .〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=The LilyDutch Windmill specifications )〕 The cap has a mass of approximately 〔〔 and is able to rotate through a full 360 degrees to face the wind. The stocks are of welded steel construction with Russian larch latticework.〔 Canvas sails can be fitted over the latticework to catch more wind and improve the power the windmill can generate. The Lily has diameter sails with stocks constructed of welded steel rectangular sections.〔 In strong wind the sails can revolve at around 25 rpm, at which speed the sail tips are travelling at more than . The Lily is equipped with one set of millstones for producing flour. Note that of the two millstones, only the top stone rotates. The gap between the stationary (bottom) stone and the top (rotating) stone can be manually controlled via a rope and pulley system and automatically via a centrifugal governor.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「The Lily (windmill)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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